Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Good morning, all, and welcome back to Day Two of Hero Arts & BasicGrey's Sketch week! So glad to have you here. I don't know about where you are, but where I am, I could sure use a distraction from this weather we're having! It's a snow day today and I have three little men underfoot and excited for Christmas!

So here we go! Today Jennifer McGuire and I both worked from sketches from Becky Fleck's amazing sketch site, PageMaps. Thank you so much, Becky, you know how much I love your sketches! I choose to do a layout and Jen picked a card (you're surprised, right? ;)) but we both used Hero's new 2009 release "Hello Circles" Clear Design Stamps and BasicGrey's Offbeat Papers! Be sure to check out Hero's Blog for more of their new release sneak peeks and some awesome giveaways and challenges they have going on this week!

Here's Becky's Layout sketch:And now my layout based on her sketch:As you can tell, I followed her sketch very closely on this one. That's my favorite thing about sketches. You can have all the guess work taken out of it and follow it to a "t" like I did or interpret to your heart's desire. Fantastic! I stamped directly onto my page as well as taking the stamps, stamping on papers, cutting them out and layering them with pop dots to get some dimension.

And here's the fun sketch Jen worked with from PageMaps:And the stinkin' cute card she created from it....As always I'm in awe of the creative and ingenious ways she uses her stamps. Love this!She's got more cute samples over on the Hero blog along with those giveaways I mentioned, so hurry on over there and check it out!

And remember, I have a huge prize/holiday box going out for one lucky gal this week so be sure to post on one these Hero/BG posts to be entered to win!

I'm so loving this week....I get so excited to check the blog for a new post. Love the stamps, and Offbeat is such an awesome line. your son is a total cutie pie!i love the card as well...the butterfly adds so much! thanks for sharing with us!

Imagine my surprise when I accessed Hero Arts website yesterday and there you were!! I have been following your blog for sometime and enjoy reading your adventures! Also wanted to thank you for introducing me to Hero Arts, now I am a follower of their site and collector of their stamps. They are so awesome as is Basic Grey. I am a winner twofold.

Love your work as usual - may have to check out the sketches Becky's got!! Hero Arts is one of my faves and you both have done it amazing justice with these two designs!!! Happiest Holiday Wishes to you and yours - Jes

Can I enter again for another chance to win? Commented yesterday, not sure if this nullifies my entry, LOL. Ohmygoodness! Such beautiful stuff. You did a great job with that sketch and those products. I think I really like Offbeat - it seems so versatile.Louise

I love this card! I saw it on the HA blog and think it is stunning--it needs to be in a magazine!! What don't I love from BG--it's not one of--it's THE only company who never misses when it fires. Seriously. Every paper design is something I would love to use!!

Wow ...this is great and to see the NEW Basic Grey line is WONDERFUL!!1 I love Bittersweet and hope to see it in a store near where I live..... thank you! I love this card and the stamps used....they are just perfect for this! Thanks for sharing and the chance to win!!

I love your ideas and how you tie everything together. Starting from the sketches, to basic grey paper, to the stamps, and other embellishments - This just goes to show how everything compliments each other. Thanks for the inspiration!

Hi Kelly! Those stamps and Basic Grey paper are way tooo cute!!! Between you and Jennifer, you two keep enabling me to find more goodies that I want!!! That's okay, keep it up! Thanks for the chance at the awesome giveaway! Happy Holidays!Kathy F

what a great layout, I'm always in awe of what people create. What a cute little stuffed monkey. I feel too intimidated to try scrapbooking, though I have a pile of stuff to scrapbook should I decide to try one day!